-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The U.S. Coast Guard has called off its search for as many as 79 Haitians missing after a boat capsized near the Turks and Caicos Islands , a spokeswoman said early Thursday .

The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted this crowded boat last week and repatriated its occupants to Haiti .

The vessel overturned Monday with about 200 onboard , said Petty Officer Jennifer Johnson , a Coast Guard spokeswoman .

Authorities rescued 113 passengers and found nine bodies , Johnson said .

A nurse at a hospital in the Turks and Caicos said about 70 people were taken there , including four who had died .

Five people were admitted to the hospital , and the others had minor injuries , the nurse said .

The boat 's occupants were migrants from Haiti , according to the Coast Guard . The overcrowded vessel was thought to have set sail from the Haitian port of Cap Haitien , the Turks and Caicos Sun newspaper reported .

The Coast Guard contributed one boat -- a 210-foot cutter Valiant -- and three aircraft to the search , Johnson said . Watch Coast Guard rescue Haitians after boat capsizes ''

Turks and Caicos authorities were using small boats , she said .

The British territory is about 550 miles southeast of Miami , Florida .

Haiti , which shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic , is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere .

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U.S. Coast Guard has called off its search for as many as 79 Haitians

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Vessel overturned Monday near Turks and Caicos Islands with about 200 onboard

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Overcrowded vessel thought to have set sail from the Haitian port of Cap Haitien